Correlation between model observer and human observer performance in CT imaging when lesion location is uncertain

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8313, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Leng, Shuai ^a   Yu, Lifeng ^a   Chen, Lingyun ^a   Ramirez Giraldo, Juan C ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelized Hottelling Observer; correlation between human observer and model observer; Human observer; lesion detection and localization; LROC; model observer; ROC; signal location uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; LOCATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CHANNELIZED HOTTELLING OBSERVER; CORRELATION BETWEEN HUMAN OBSERVER AND MODEL OBSERVERS; HUMAN OBSERVERS; LESION DETECTION AND LOCALIZATIONS; LROC; MODEL OBSERVER; SIGNAL LOCATION UNCERTAINTIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860380348     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.912126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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